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at them will often stop them. These animals 

 are so much the colour of the surrounding 

 rocks and bracken that unless one is accustomed 

 to their appearance and habits it is often not 

 easy to distinguish them, especially as they 

 frequently stand perfectly still, looking at one, 

 until the danger is passed. There are several 

 ways of killing deer in Vancouver ; some gen- 

 tlemen in Victoria keep hounds, and drive them 

 to the guns, which are posted to command the 

 passes ; another way is to drive them into the 

 water, where they are easily killed ; the settlers 

 also lay in wait for them at night, and shoot 

 them when they come to feed on their crops ; 

 but the most sportsmanlike plan is to stalk 

 them on the bare hill-tops, where they resort in 

 the early mornings and evenings, or go into 

 the woods, where they are to be found during 

 the heat of the day, and take the chance of 

 springing them. During the beginning of 

 August I had several days' shooting in com- 

 pany with one of the officers of the flagship, 

 a capital sportsman and a good shot; we usually 



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